Richard J. Gwyn
Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a British-born Canadian journalist, author, historian and civil servant. He worked for Time Canada and The Toronto Star as a parliamentary and national affairs correspondent and columnist, and later wrote acclaimed biographies and histories including a biography of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (The Northern Magus) and a two-volume biography of Sir John A. Macdonald. He won multiple Canadian literary prizes and served as chancellor of St. Jerome's University. Gwyn lived in Toronto and ceased regular public writing after developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Awards
['Charles Taylor Prize (for John A.: The Man Who Made Us)', 'Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing (for Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times)']
Notable Works
['The Northern Magus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians', 'John A.: The Man Who Made Us', 'Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times', 'The 49th Paradox: Canada in North America', 'Nationalism Without Walls: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Canadian']
